The Man and His Two Wives
Once upon the time, when men were allowed to have many wives a middle-aged Man had one wife that was old and one that was young; each……
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Monkey business
A monkey climbed the roof of a house and entertained the people who had gathered below to watch it, with its antics. After it……
The Fox And The Stork
At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner,……
The Shepherd’s Boy
THERE was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him……
The Wolf and the Lamb
Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink……
THE PEARL
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. " Ho……
The Fox Without a Tail
IT happened that a Fox caught its tail in a trap, and in struggling to release himself lost all of it but the stump. At first he was……
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a Pail on her head. As she went along she began calculating what she would……
The Labourer and the Nightingale
A LABOURER lay listening to a Nightingale’s song throughout the summer night. So pleased was he with it that the next night……
The ant and the dove
An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning.……
The Monkey and the Dolphin
A SAILOR, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of Greece,……
